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English
Etymology
From sub- + lunar.
Adjective
sublunar (not comparable)
- Situated beneath the Moon.
- Synonyms: sublunary, cislunar
- Antonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar, translunary
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. ”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon , published 1839, →OCLC, page 234:The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps,
Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow,
And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps,
Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.
- Of this world; earthly.
- Synonym: sublunary
- Antonyms: otherworldly, heavenly, celestial, ethereal
Translations
beneath the Moon
- Dutch: ondermaans (nl), sublunarisch (nl)
- Finnish: kuunalinen
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- German: sublunarisch (de)
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- Latin: sublūnāris
- Polish: podksiężycowy
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sublunaire.
Adjective
sublunar m or n (feminine singular sublunară, masculine plural sublunari, feminine and neuter plural sublunare)
- sublunary
Declension
Spanish
Adjective
sublunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublunares)
- sublunar
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